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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795648403321

Autore

Gibby Bryan R.

Titolo

Korean showdown : national policy and military strategy in a limited war, 1951-1952 / / Bryan R. Gibby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8173-2073-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource 411 p.)

Disciplina

951.904/2373

Soggetti

Korean War, 1950-1953 - Campaigns

Korean War, 1950-1953 - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

10. The Summer Campaign -- 11. White Horse Mountain, September-October 1952 -- 12. Operation Showdown, October-November 1952 -- 13. Settling for a Settlement, November-December 1952 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration and Unit Designations -- Introduction: Operation Clam Up -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Limited War Problem -- 2. The Korean War, June 1950-June 1951 -- 3. The New War, July-October 1951 -- 4. The War in the Air -- 5. The Communist Armies Reform, Summer 1951-Spring 1952 -- 6. Reopening the Negotiations: Settling the Demarcation Line and Active Defense -- 7. Truman Decides on the POWs -- 8. A Strategy of Persistence: The CPVF's Adaptation to Modern War -- 9. "A Situation beyond Repair," May-August 1952

Sommario/riassunto

"A historical analysis of the policies and military strategies applied during the Korean War stalemate period"--